It may seem a little early to be talking of this, but, it is best to plan your promotions ahead of t...

We are not referring to the taste of chicken here, but the taste BY the chicken. How much do they t...

UKEPA ‘Laid In Britain’ Assurance Scheme receives FSA approval An endorsed alternative to The Lion...

Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister this week declared that “the only good mouse is a dead mouse.” Fe...

By the time most readers will receive this current Hotwire, we will already be in National BBQ Week,...

In many respects, it is good that the UK government has opened negotiations for accession to the Com...

There is a new ‘craze’ going round of putting eggs in a microwave to heat, rather than just boiling ...

The LHWF has completed a 2 year study into feather pecking and now Paula Baker and Claire Weeks have...

Following on from the examination of feeding animals waste, researchers at Reading University, have ...

A few Year-on-Year statistics (data from BFRPA, Defra and others) Supermarket Prices (guide to best ...

New survey results show that 74% of rats analysed carry a resistance gene. One in five have two diff...

With the decline in the number of Avian Influenza cases in Europe, including the UK, Defra Veterinar...

It is good that the UK government has applied to join the free trade area of the Comprehensive and P...

Last month, we reported that the UK and US had signed equivalence documents, allowing exchange of or...

Back in December, we reported an outbreak of H5N8 on a 1.6 million unit in Russia. It is now report...

We always knew Brexit would create problems, but we were unaware just how bad it could get, culminat...

Instead of selling end-of-lay hens live, why not suggest customers buy them dead, to cook like most ...

Defra has organised a Farm Animal Genetic Resources report every year for some time, but this is the...

So, for better or worse, Brexit is here and we have to work hard to fulfil the promises made for it....

We have reported on the rise in domestic chicken keeping for a long time now. But, last year, with ...

It should be noticed that not all incidents receive full reporting. For instance, there have been 24...

Your Executive Committee, UKEP/LIB Office Staff and I, would like to extend Season’s Greetings to yo...

A brief communication from researchers in Australia, tells of work they have been carrying out on a ...

The latest report on antibiotic use, up to and including 2019, shows a continued decline in use in a...

Since those outbreaks mentioned in previous Hotwires, there has been an explosion of new cases throu...

Food Safety News has reported that Lithuania has rejected more than 40 tonnes of poultry meat, impor...

Six hours after release of the yolk from the ovary (ovulation), the egg already has the albumen arou...

Back in 1946, my father, being a country vicar with nearly an acre of ground. started breeding poult...

I am grateful to one of our Executive Committee members, Steve Faulkner, for alerting me to the pass...

Recent recommendations by the American Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee for birth to 24 months,...

The harvest is largely over in the south, but in the Northwest of the country has been particularly ...

Whilst perhaps not agreeing with everything the RSPCA say or do, nevertheless, their latest survey a...

There have been reported indications of the increased value of both barley and maize relative to whe...

Examination of ancient remains by mitochondrial DNA confirms chickens arose from the Red Jungle Fowl...